New PSD Senior Dental Adviser

NHS National Services Scotland are pleased to announce the appointment of their new Senior Dental Adviser in Practitioner Services (PSD). Mr. Gerard Boyle has been appointed to the role previously held by Mr. Alan Whittet, who is retiring.

Gerard Boyle has spent over 30 years in general dental practice, most of this time as a partner in a busy NHS practice in Glasgow. With 15 of these years as a health board dental practice inspector and Dental Practice Adviser (DPA), Gerard has 10 years’ experience in postgraduate education with the Faculty of General Dental Practice Scotland and represented the profession nationally on the British Dental Association’s Scottish Dental Practice Committee (SDPC) and locally with Greater Glasgow & Clyde LDC, between 2004 and 2019. Gerard joined the Practitioner Services clinical team on a full-time basis in 2019 and took up the post of Senior Dental Adviser on 16th May.